Theo couldn't help but feel like he was walking on clouds at this point. The date had gone well or at least seemed like it was. He wasn't sure how a date was supposed to go. At least not a real one. Anime and romance novels may not be the best ways to go about learning of date mechanics. Well that and neither was his mother any help because… well she was… yeah best not to actually think about it. He wasn't exactly ready to take that step yet.

It's why he didn't question where his date, Mitty, was taking him now. Yeah, it was an abandoned construction site. Not the most romantic place to be. He didn't care one bit. As long as he was with her, he was fine. He was better then fine. He was with a girl he could see himself going on more dates with and falling in love. Why else would she go to him? This was fate. A fated love he was more than happy to accept.

Then she stopped and so did he. She turned and looked up at him. She was frowning, looking unsure of herself. He didn't like seeing her like that. He wanted to give her a hug or pat her head to tell her she doesn't have to worry about anything. Still he kept himself in check. If he overstepped himself, he could ruin the date after all.

"So…." Mitty took a deep breath and let it go. "We're alone."

Theo nodded, "Yeah…"

"Alone, just the two of us."

Theo paused as he gulped, "Yeah…"

'Is she…? No, I'm just overthinking it. She's just nervous.'

Mitty started to drag the tip of her shoe around as she chew on her lip. She looked up at him and took another deep breath and let it out, "My real name is Mittelt."

Theo tilted his head to the side, "Really?"

"Yeah," Mittelt nodded. "I just thought you should know before…"

"I think Mittelt is a pretty name," Theo said before he balked. 'You fool! That's a common compliment. She probably thinks you're trying too hard.'

Mittelt blushed slightly and scratched the back of her head, "Thanks… so I've got a question."

Theo leaned forward, "Yeah?"

"Would you… pie for me?"

Theo blinked in confusion, "Uhhh, come again?"

Mittelt's stomach rumbled. She blushed in embarrassment and put a hand on it, "Sorry, kind of hungry. That ice cream didn't really fill me."

Theo looked away in shame. He should have known that and yet he let her starve. 'Gosh, I suck at this.' "I'm sorry."

"Oh don't be," Mittelt waved him off, "I've got a lot on my mind." She cleared her throat, "Now let me try that again." She straightened her back and looked him in the eyes, "Would you die for me?"

Theo blinked in confusion before glancing around him, "Ehhh? Are you in danger?"

"No," Mittelt frowned, "I was just asking you cause my friend asked me to ask you?"

"Your friend asked you to ask me that?"

"She thought it would be hilarious or something," Mittelt snorted, "She's an idiot but she's my boss." She sighed, "You know I-"

"I mean, if you were in danger." Theo scratched his cheek and gulped, "I'd step in even if I would die."

Mittelt stood there for a moment, before growling. "No. You're not supposed to say that."

"I'm sorry?"

"No!" She threw up her arms in the air, "You're supposed to be confused or think I'm being cheeky. You aren't supposed to say something so… chivalrous or whatever they call it. You stupid human. This is already hard."

"Human?" Theo's eyes widened. 'Okay, keep your cool. She's talking about death and called you a human. She's probably just under stress. She's not going to turn into a monster and try and kill you.'

"Well human," Mittelt grinned as she posed dramatically, "I've decided to forgo the formalities. I am Mittelt, a fallen angel!" With that a couple of black wings spread out from her back. "Fear me and despair."

Theo couldn't talk. His mouth was hanging open as he gazed upon her. Your first date suddenly growing wings isn't something you can brush off. Now he knew he should be afraid. This was a terrifying situation to be in, especially since he didn't think Fallen actually existed.

Yet…

Mittelt gasped as she felt someone touch her wings. She looked over to see Theo running his fingers over her wings. Her mouth dropped as he carefully let them trail through her feathers, lovingly touching them as he kept his gaze on them. She bit her lip as her body shook. She couldn't help but feel hot as he touched her wing bones, sparking nerves in ways she didn't think possible. Her breathing started to grow heavier as he touched her a bit harder, her face flushed.

"So pretty~" Theo couldn't keep his eyes off of them, entranced by their elegance. This girl was an actual monster girl. Wait, liminal. That was a much better and friendlier term. He couldn't help but find himself fascinated.

'He… he thinks my wings are pretty?' Mittelt squeaked inwardly.

Theo meanwhile was thinking, 'I wonder what sort of biology she has. Can she fly on her own or does she need to use magic to lift off? Why do her wings feel so good?'

"Could… ahhh~... Could you stop that?"

Theo blinked in confusion as he looked over at her flushed and panting face. He stayed like that for a moment before he moved his fingers a bit more.

"Eyaaaa~" A pleasured noise escaped her lips.

Theo's face broke out into a deep blush as he realized what he was doing to her. He immediately let go of her wings before bowing, "I'm sorry! I just thought your wings were so pretty and I had to touch them to see if they were real. That was my fault. Please forgive me!"

Mittelt felt immense frustration with this guy. He had the gall to touch her wings like that? Who was this human? She had every right to just kill him right there.

'Oh wait,' she thought. 'That's my job tonight.'

She angrily pouted, ignoring the fact that she actually liked the sensations. That was stupid. She was a Fallen. Obviously she was surprised is all. Yep. Now she was going to kill him and his nice fingers…. Gah!

She thrust a finger forward, "That's it! You are going to die!" She summoned a light spear and aimed it at him. This was it. She was going to do it. She was going to kill him. A living thing. She could see him looking at her in fear.

She could see him smiling as they ate ice cream.

She shook her head as she threw her spear…

It missed.

Mittelt snarled and summoned another spear.

They were next to each other taking a photo.

She missed again.

He won her the black unicorn.

Mittelt hugged the unicorn at her side with her free arm. Her fingers shook as she held the spear.

"Because I like to see you smile," he said. "It's cute."

Mittelt snarled as she thrust the spear into the ground, "Why do you have to be so frustrating?"

"I'm sorry," Theo bowed his head, "I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable-"

"No," Mittelt held up her finger, "You aren't supposed to apologize. You aren't supposed to be nice or call me pretty or whatever you're doing. Whatever you did on the date. You're a disgusting human. Hate me. Curse me. Something! I'm about to kill you and here you are, apologizing and feeling sorry because you made me feel uncomfortable!"

"Well," Theo gulped as he shook slightly. Tears started to come to his eyes as he tapped his fingers together, "I just wanted you to feel happy on our date."

"It's not a date," Mittelt stomped her foot. She was shaking as well, hugging the unicorn tighter. "I was told to kill you. Now you've just made this harder."

"Why?"

"I don't know," Mittelt growled, "I've never done this before but it should be easy. You're a human. Dirt. Just rats scurrying along the ground. It should be easy to kill you."

"Well," Theo gulped as he shrunk back slightly, "That's not exactly a nice way to look at it…"

"Of course it's not nice," Mittelt grabbed her hair with her free hand and pulled in frustration. Thankfully she let go so she didn't pull anything out, "I just wanted to get this over quickly but you… You! You just had to be nice and make this hard for me."

Theo blinked a few times as he shook his head, "I just wanted it to go well… but you want to kill me, right?"

"I need to kill you!"

Theo flinched, "I don't want to die."

"Neither do I, but I've got to do this." Mittelt held up a spear, looking at him. It hurt. She didn't know why it hurt. He was just a stupid human. This should be easy. 'Fucking hell, Mittelt. Get yourself back in the game! Raynare is waiting for you!'

Theo blinked in surprise, "What?"

"What?"

"You just said you've got to do this," Theo stood up, "That you don't want to die."

Mittelt nodded, "Yes. If I don't kill you, Raynare's going to be pissed and she's not the type to- What are you doing?"

Theo had grabbed the spear and put it to his chest, "Well, go ahead."

Mittelt blinked in confusion, "What?"

"Kill me."

Mittelt's eyes widened, "Are you insane, human? You aren't supposed to want me to kill you?"

"Yeah, well you'll die if you don't."

Mittelt blinked in confusion before snarling, "You're trying to trick me. You think just because you're going all 'noble knight' on me that I'll let you go, is that it?"

"No, I just don't want a pretty lady to die because of me." Theo snarled, "I'm a pathetic cry baby who can't deal with people. I've had fewer friends than you can count and most of them left me because of who I am. Heck, the world probably would be better off without me. My sorry ass isn't worth dying over."

"Now you're just playing it up!" Mittelt shook even harder, shaking her head. She didn't want to think about this, "Just shut up and die."

"Good, just kill me."

"But you're still talking," Mittelt said. "I can't kill you while you're talking."

"I'm not talking while you're talking, so kill me while you're talking."

"But I can't do that because you need to hear what I have to say!"

"Then spill it and kill me."

"I can't because I don't know what I'm supposed to say because this whole thing is confusing."

"What are you confused about? It's pretty simple."

"I don't know, that's why it's confusing. So stop being confusing."

"I think I'm confused."

"Good!"

"GRAAAAAAAA!" An inhuman roar pierced the area, "Just shut up and die already!"

The duo blinked as they realized neither of them had said that. They looked over to the side to see a humanoid figure. Its left arm at the elbow up was replaced by a piercing spike. The right arm was almost completely gone. It had no bottom jaw. Instead, the upper jaw had several long jagged teeth while a huge tongue lolled downwards. Its skin was deathly green and its clothes were raggad.

"I've had enough of you two," the creature spoke without a bottom jaw. "Talking. Talking. Talking. You sound like a couple having a spat before fucking. It's driving me insane."

Both of them blushed, "We… he/she… uhhhh…" They sputtered.

"I was going to wait for the bird to kill that human but she's as useful as a canary is with chopping wood," he, the creature, brandished its spike arm. "I'll just kill him myself then. Maybe the bird too."

Theo stared at the monster for a moment before he did the only thing he could think of. He picked up little Mittelt in his arms bridal style and ran.

"What are you doing?" Mittelt screamed as he ran, "Why'd you bring me along?"

"Oh yeah," Theo snapped, "I'm just going to let a cute girl fight a monster by herself."

"I'm a Fallen, you idiot. I can handle myself."

"Call me a chivalrous idiot, but not going to chance it!" Theo wasn't thinking quite clearly due to his fear or he wouldn't be so forward right then and there.

MIttelt blushed as she huffed. She chose to ignore how much she liked being held in his strong arms, against his chest… GAH! 'Stupid human!'

However it seemed the monster had a few tricks up its sleeve. Its large tongue shot out and wrapped around his leg. Theo yelped as he let go of Mittelt who rolled on the ground as he was thrown to the side. He grunted as he hit the wall and the tongue left him.

Theo watched the duo as he turned his head. He saw the monster advance on Mittelt as she quivered on the ground, shivering in fear.

"Run you idiot!" The voice in his head screamed.

Yeah, he should run. She was trying to kill him. She wasn't worth it. He should just let her-

"Alright birdie," the creature cackled, "Seems I get to pluck you tonight. Should have stuck the human and ran when you had the chance like a good monster."

Theo's eyes blazed in hatred. His fists clenched. He eyed a nearby cover of a trashcan and remembered the move Issei performed when he had rescued him. He was stupid for thinking about it. He was stupid for picking up the lid.

"Run!"

Theo knew that was the smart thing to do, but sometimes… sometimes he just had to be an idiot. He ran towards the monster who wasn't paying attention to him. He jumped and skidded on the ground, knocking the creature off balance as he hit its legs. He rolled and threw the lid, hitting the creature in the face. It howled in pain as a few of its teeth broke.

The creature snarled, "What the fuck are you doing? You could have ran while I eat this bird whore."

"I'm an idiot," Theo gulped as he shakily brought up his fists, "I want to run so badly it hurts. You're scary and probably will kill me, but…" He clenched his fists as he glanced over at Mittelt, "But I can't let you hurt her."

The creatures laughed, "Who said chivalry was dead. Guess I get to finally put it down like it deserves!" It then charged, bringing up its spike as if to skewer him.

Theo saw it. It was fast. Faster then any human. Normally at this distance, he should be a goner. No human could survive something this strong and quick. Yet he did something he didn't think he could do and so surprised both of them.

"What?" The creature looked down in surprise as he saw Theo holding the spike with his hands, keeping the creature from stabbing him, "Let go!"

"I don't want to die," Theo said through gritted teeth, tears running down his cheeks. Images of his family started to run through his mind. Of his mother taking him on a hike. Of playing a game of cards with his sister… of a blue haired girl with a stripe of green in it smiling at him as they held hands… "I don't want to die!"

"Shut up!" The creature snarled and used its tongue to slap him across the cheek hard. Theo grunted but kept firm. The creature did it twice more but he kept his hold, "Gah, you are so annoying."

"Mittelt, run!"

The creature laughed as he turned to look at her, "Of course. Run. I'll take care of this pest and you won't have to die anymore. It's a win/win for us monsters."

Mittelt had been watching the exchange on the sidelines. She couldn't believe the moment that Theo, the person she was about to kill, saved her from this beast. He was willing to go to great lengths to save her? Even after all that? Then this monster… said she was just like him.

'Am I a monster?' She thought as he turned away, biting her lower lip. 'I was going to kill him. I was going to kill someone. Yes he was a human but… could I have done it?'

Theo glared at the beast and lifted one hand off of the spike, "Hey!" The creature turned around only to see Theo holding out two fingers, "She's not a monster!" With that said, he drove the fingers into his eye sockets.

The creature yelled. In that moment, due to only having one hand on the spike and the extra force of the beast, it drove its spike into his chest. Theo gapsed, drops of blood spilling from his mouth as it penetrated.

Mittelt gasped. Without thinking she formed a light spear and threw it.

It didn't hit the monster but it grazed its back. It pulled away, taking the spike out of Theo's body as he fell to the ground, "Gah! Why? It hurts. It hurts."

Mittelt only had this shot. SHe only had this chance to kill this monster that had stabbed her mission. She formed another spear, "Only I get to kill him. Do you hear me?" With that, she took aim and threw.

"It hurts! It hurts," the creature yelled before it surprised her. A huge eye opened up in the chest, "Psyche!" With that the tongue easily smashed aside the spear, "Didn't see that one coming, bitch."

Mittelt took a step back. She knew what this beast was. It was a Stray Devil. A corrupted beast without a master. They love to feast on humans and whatever they could catch.

It cackled, "You should have run but I guess you're an idiot like this guy over here. Playing hero isn't something I thought Fallen do." It shrugged, "Oh well. I don't fucking care. I get to have fun with you and then eat this bastard. I wonder how Fallen taste." Then it shot out its tongue.

Mittelt flinched as she readied herself to take it, 'So this is how I die?'

However the attack never got to connect. A spear pierced the tongue and stuck it in the ground.

"What?" The Stray called out before a figure jumped down behind it and sliced it perpendicular in the chest. It fell to the ground in two pieces.

Mittelt looked at the figure before gasping, "Dohnaseek?"

Dohnaseek tipped his hat, "Glad to see you're alright, Mittelt." He scowled as he looked down at the beast, "Fucking bastard."

The Stray laughed despite being cut in two, "You think this is it? I've got two buddies waiting to feast. You're dead."

"I don't think so," another voice spoke up. Out from the shadows walked a nekomata wearing samurai armor. He bowed, "I am an honored contract of the Abe family. I have done you a service in killing his associates."

"Much obliged," Dohnaseek smiled as he casually used another spear to pierce the Stray's head, killing it for good. "I hate how hard to kill these things are."

"Theo!"

Dohnaseek turned around to see Mittelt by Theo's side. He walked over and winced, seeing the large hole in his chest. Mittelt was kneeling down, pushing against his body.

"Get up!" Mittelt pushed on him, "You aren't supposed to be dead. That's… that's my job, you idiot!" She hugged the unicorn close to her as tears ran down her cheeks, "That's my job. Get up."

Dohnaseek sighed, "He's a goner. There's nothing we can do for him now."

"You don't know that!" Mittelt glared up at him.

"If I may cut in," the nekomata samurai interjected. "My contractor could help him. She may not have the best expertise in these sorts of things, but it is better then dealing with devils."

"Take us there!" Mittelt jumped to her feet. "Take us there right now."

"We don't know a thing about them," Dohnaseek said, "This could be a trap."

"Then its better then letting Raynare kill me when I get back to base," Mittelt watched as the nekomata samurai picked up THeo's body. "At least I could survive this."

Dohnaseek sighed and shook his head, "Fine, but if this blows up in your face, I won't cover you."

Whelp. Seems Theo is finally a part of the magical world. A bit of a rude awakening, but what can you do. XD I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I can't wait to read your feedback. (A bit more constructive and detailed feedback please.)

As well, I plan on posting a little 'update' not chapter going over possible pairings and discussions. It should be up either tomorrow or the day after. I think it would be better to do that instead of putting it here since some people tend to reply more to author's notes then the story. Until next time, take care.